IU dominates domestic and international music charts with the new song 'From This Star'... Music video to be released on the 16th

IU released a new digital single, ″From This Star,″ and topped major domestic and international music charts. ″From This Star,″ released at 6 p.m. on the 10th, ranked first on Melon HOT 100, Genie TOP 200, and Bugs real-time charts on the day of release. It also reached second place on the Melon TOP 100. On the 11th, it continued to hold the number one spot on Melon’s ″Top 100.″ This single includes the double title tracks ″From This Star″ and ″Dear my crazy soulmate,″ both of which were written by IU. ″From This Star″ ranked first on the iTunes Top Song charts in Singapore and Taiwan and entered the charts in 16 countries and regions, including Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. ″Dear my crazy soulmate″ also topped the iTunes Top Song chart in Sri Lanka and appeared on charts in nine countries and regions. ″Dear my crazy soulmate″ is a song about the long friendship between IU and actress Yoo In-na, with the phrase ″To Yoo In-na″ specified in the song introduction on music platforms. The lyrics include lines such as ″You can be weird in front of me forever″ and ″My dream is for us to become two weird grandmas together.″ The music video for this song features Kim Young-ok, Na Moon-hee, IU, Shim Dal-gi, and Lee Som. The video depicts the story of Young-ok, who enters prison to meet a friend she cannot spend her birthday with, and Moon-hee, who works as a prison guard. It shows scenes of the two reuniting in prison, playing pranks, and celebrating a birthday, sharing their friendship. This single is the first new release in a year since ″Bye, Summer,″ released last September. Both songs are pre-release tracks from the upcoming sixth full-length album. The music video for ″Dear my crazy soulmate″ was released simultaneously with the single, and the music video for ″From This Star″ is scheduled to be released at midnight on the 16th.